Apple is considering moving its content unit to The Culver Studios where films from including Gone With The Wind and The Matrix were made. Former owners include RKO, Howard Hughes and Cecil B DeMille. The Studios would give Apple room to expand as it hires top Hollywood talent, according to three people familiar with the […]
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel and cinema chain Dendy are launching a new route to market for Australian and international film content by combining theatrical and premium on demand channels of distribution. They say the new model will create a more sustainable distribution strategy for niche feature and documentary films. This route to market provides a […]
Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe and Africa has announced FOX+ will be making its debut in Germany on October 4th, with European Telco Deutsche Telekom being the first partner in country to launch the new non-linear platform. Offering full series and seasons on-demand, FOX+ provides access to the vast TV content library from 21st Century […]
BBC Studioworks, a commercial subsidiary of the BBC, has re-opened the studio doors to the ‘home of British television’ at the Television Centre site in Central London. Television Centre, originally opened in 1960 and the biggest TV production facility of its kind in the world at the time, has been undergoing major redevelopment works since […]
Samsung Electronics America has announced an exclusive US marketing and retail partnership with Xbox to utilise Samsung’s lineup of QLED TVs as the official 4K TV partner for the Xbox One X. The partnership kicked off at E3 2017 in June as attendees experienced, for the first time ever, true 4K HDR gaming on Xbox […]
A new free-to-air TV channel, FreeSports, has launched in the UK showing up to 10 live football games every week. The channel, operated by the team behind Premier Sports, becomes the only FTA sports channel available on Freeview, TalkTalk and BT. Sky and FreeSat are also carrying the channel, but not Virgin Media. The channel […]
NBCUniversal has launched the new Oxygen app on Apple TV (4th generation). Apple TV users will now be able to authenticate via their pay-TV provider to enjoy current and past episodes of Oxygen’s crime programming. Earlier this summer, Oxygen Media refocused its programming and expanded to a full-time crime destination network for women. The new Oxygen app includes the latest […]
IT giant IBM has launched IBM Watson Media, a new suite of AI-powered solutions on the IBM Cloud that analyse images, video, language, sentiment and tone, at the US Open Tennis Championships. By combining IBM Watson with IBM’s video capabilities, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) will be able rapidly to share highlight videos of […]
BT Sport is to stream a regular taster of its rugby union magazine show Rugby Tonight for free on social media platforms Facebook and Twitter providing potential subscribers an opportunity to sample the broadcaster’s show. The weekly hour-long show will be shown on BT Sport channels, starting tonight from 8pm, and the first quarter on […]
Just ahead of the 2017 US Open, SendtoNews Video (STN) has formed a new partnership with the Tennis Channel. The STN video library will now contain exclusive content from the Tennis Channel, featuring some of the most iconic players and tournaments in the sport. Select highlights, analysis, recaps and player interviews will all be available […]